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How to Set Up Network Devices with Progress Chef Agentless

Chef Agentless provides an intuitive approach to managing the desired configuration of various systems, including remote endpoints, edge devices and cloud-based resources.

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Chef Infra Client 18 RC Now Available for Testing

A release candidate (RC) for the upcoming Chef Infra Client 18 is now available for testing and experimenting.

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Announcement About Change in Infra Client 17 End of Life Timeline

Announcement about the extension of support for Chef Infra Client 17.

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Release Updates for Chef Infra Client 18

Announcement about changes in the release of Chef Infra Client 18. We are now introducing a new step in the process, a Release Candidate (RC).

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Announcement Chef Client 16 EOL Date Change

Chef Infra Client 16 was set to reach End of Life on April 30, 2022. Chef Infra Client 16 will now continue to receive support, security vulnerability patches, and fixes for critical bugs until November 30, 2022.

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Chef Infra Best Practices: #6 Automated Cookbook Testing with GitHub Actions

GitHub Actions offer certain important benefits and when used alongside Chef can yield some amazing outcomes. Let’s discuss some of the most important ones in this blog. -Linting -Unit Testing -Integration Testing -Issue Management

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Chef Infra Best Practices: #5 Using Chef Infra Policyfiles

The fifth installment of the Shape-Up Your Infrastructure Webinar Series – Building Immutable Infrastructure with Policyfiles.   What is a Chef Infra Policyfile  A Chef Infra Policyfile is the simplest method to manage role, environment, and community cookbook data with a single document uploaded to the Chef Infra Server.

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Chef Infra Best Practices: #4 Custom Resources the Building Blocks of your Cookbooks

The fourth instalment of the Shape-Up Your Infrastructure Webinar Series – “Custom Resources the building blocks of your cookbooks”  Chef Infra Client includes more than 150 built-in resources to manage things like files, packages, templates, and services. Custom resources enable users to add their own resources as an extension of Chef Infra client.

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[eBook] 10 Ways to Optimize Your Chef Infrastructure Automation Investment

Over time, Chef Infrastructure Automation has become more powerful. Be it creating your own custom resources to simplify writing cookbooks or implementing or monitoring real-time data across environments, there is a myriad of ways for you to make the best use of your infrastructure automation. This eBook covers key best practices for creating better automation.

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Product Announcement: Chef Infra Client 17 Now Available

Today, I’m excited to announce the release of Chef Infra Client 17. Chef Infra Client 17 builds upon our efforts to make Chef Infra easier to use for a wider range of audiences and use cases. Chef Infra Client 17 includes increased platform coverage, improved cloud support, and improvements to our Chef Infra language.

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